Jazz Sax Player Learning Piano
given that i already play jazz do you think that is enough in terms of piano lessons? i figure i can solo using what i already know as a sax player. other areas i can study by myself like transcriptions, voicings, learning tunes, sight reading, patterns/licks etc.
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yes - have fun!
you first need to learn the fundamentals of playing the instrument. it does not matter whether the teacher is primarly a jazz player or a classical player. they need to be qualified to teach you how to play the instrument. learning proper technique, scale fingerings, etc. is general knowledge, not just "classical".
scroll down to the piano voicings section.....then i'd recommend a thorough examination of everything here at ljp,especially in the files,etc...which will give you a lot of the actual usable stuff to practice.......
i gues it'd be worth mentioning that i myself made the same move..from reeds/woodwinds to keyboard.......although i'm by no means a mthrfkr on the piano,i have spent a lot of time figuring out the type of things i'm into hearing and dealing with the instrument to the extent i have as a composer/instrumentalist for a few years now...let's say that i've worked out an approach which,if i were still into practicing like i did for many years before i got into keys vs. composing/investigating things harmonically using the keyboard like i do on most days i'd be able to achieve a decent level of skill..
one thing i'd like to mention is that if you are going to be working on reading,something i'm just now starting to be able to do competently,i'd suggest taking each hands' part and working it out up to a tempo that allows you to conceptually/aurally understand it,then take on trying to coordinate the two hands...rather than expecting to be able to read a measure as you would as a single note player and getting bogged down in each of the hands' part,leading to an unmusical practicing experience especialy in terms of the rhythms.....
seems that playing them in alteratiion for a while cements the rhythmic concept involved in each as "equal" re-syncopation,etc..and then they work together easier...........
letting them exist in of themselves first seems to allow whatever part of the brain needs to internalize the subtleties involved to ultimately register the whole thing in itself better and dealing with aspects of execution becomes secondary to the overall concept becoming internalized..........
another thing that you can do as part of the process leading to eventual reading/execution of the given measure is to treat each beat as a structure in of itself made up of the rh/lh part "interlocking" correctly in relation to each other in a rhythmic sense while adjusting the overall tempo to execute it;then work on equalizing all four beats......this might be second nature to accomplished readers but if you're starting to get this together and trying to do it "with the metronome",you might want to try this approach for a while first........
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